I could not help myself. I watched the television show about Boba Fett, a minor character with a cool helmet from films that came out forty years ago. It was never going to be good. But I just could not help myself. Continue reading 7 Reasons the The Book of Boba Fett Show Was Fucking Stupid
Plot summary: The owner of a popular video game recruits top players to become his own personal hit squad.
Continue reading The Matt Signal Beyond – Episode 37: Sentries of the Last CosmosAt The Reel World, we believe instead of paying us money to listen to and read our mundane thoughts on popular culture, you should give back what you can to people who need it. I suggest supporting The Manna-hatta Fund. “The Manna-hatta Fund presents an opportunity for all settlers to support the Indigenous peoples, such as the Lenni Lenape, who were forcefully displaced by European settlers and their descendants to create New York City and the United States.” Follow the beneficiaries on Twitter: @AICHNYC
We ranked the live-action, theatrically released Star Wars films! Here are the voters:
Matt Waters
Jerome Cusson
Kevin Ford
Ben Phillips
Mike Thomas
Enjoy!
11. Attack of the Colones (dir. George Lucas)
At The Reel World, we believe instead of paying us money to listen to and read our mundane thoughts on popular culture, you should give back what you can to people who need it. I suggest supporting The Manna-hatta Fund. “The Manna-hatta Fund presents an opportunity for all settlers to support the Indigenous peoples, such as the Lenni Lenape, who were forcefully displaced by European settlers and their descendants to create New York City and the United States.” Follow the beneficiaries on Twitter: @AICHNYC
Star Wars was never really known for its standout performances, but some of the work involved was still quite good! Here were the best of the bunch!
10. Ewan McGregor
1. Why do the sets look so cheap?
It looks like a student film that somehow held the real actors hostage. Continue reading 14 Questions about The Star Wars Holiday Special
It’s STAR WARS WEEK at The Reel World, so naturally means that it’s at last time for Mike & Matt to discuss Solo! And also Noah Hawley.
Continue reading Solo: A Star Wars Story Podcast ReviewThe original Thrawn trilogy of books has been something I have been meaning to read for years. As someone who has what can most charitably be described as a misguided interest* in the Star Wars book extended universe, I had heard about the books a while ago and never got to them. Having only read the Disney Thrawn books, I decided that was simply unacceptable and finally had to read the originals. Here were my thoughts!
*It’s a crippling addiction.
1. Thrawn is genuinely interesting!
Continue reading 5 Takeaways from the Original Thrawn Trilogy
Jerome Cusson put together a list of 100 favorite movies. This podcast is a discussion of numbers 50-1. Enjoy a three hour discussion of some great moments in cinema. MOVIES!
Continue reading Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies – The Podcast: Part II (50 – 1)
Ben Phillips & Matt Waters continue to present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, this time with 2010 – 2019.
Is this movie a defining Trumpian work? A giant middle finger to Last Jedi critics? A giant advert for knit-ware? Let’s discuss! Plus one of the best assessments of the top ten highest grossing movies of the year we’ve ever done.
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 48: Knives Out
If Mike Thomas can do these, then why can’t I, especially in this holiday season?
I’ve spent a lot of the last six months working through my list of 100* favorite movies of all-time, and this is a chance for me to stretch my writing muscles. Instead of focusing on the very best of cinema, let’s explore a mediocre Star Wars holiday special.
First, it’s worth nothing Life Day was an important part of the first holiday special, one that aired 42 years ago on CBS in front of over 40 million people. Audiences struggled through 15 minutes of unsubtitled wookie conversation, Harrison Ford looking like he had no interest in being there, and Bea Arthur** stealing the show by earnestly singing a song in the Mos Eisley Cantina. The people behind this special lowered the stakes quite a bit by making it a lego animated special.
Set around the first celebration of Life Day since whatever version of the empire versus rebel conflict has ended, Rey is training force sensitive Finn and once again is trying to find her way in the world and searches around for a mentor. The special takes us around the world of the franchise and shows other characters preparing to celebrate Life Day on the Millenium Falcon. They even paid Kelly Marie Tran to utter more dialogue here than she did in Rise of Skywalker! Without further adieu, here are my top five takeaways. Continue reading Top 5 Takeaways from The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special
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